>>Former Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich was sentenced today to 14 years in prison following his conviction for corruption while in office. He made a statement before the court this morning that he was really, really, really sorry for what he did. The judge responded, correctly, that this statement was pretty late in coming, much too late to save him.
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>>He now joins a fraternity of sorts of Illinois governors who have been sent to the hoosegow. Otto Kerner, Dan Walker, and George Ryan precede him. Let's see you match that, Louisiana!
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>>http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/07/justice/blagojevich-sentencing/index.html?hpt=hp_t2
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>>What has always amazed me about Chicago politics is how readily residents accept it as just the way things are. Few are outraged. A shrug of the shoulders. "Eh, you know how it is." The late, great Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko memorably quipped that the city's motto, "Urbs in horto" (city in a garden) should be changed to "Ubi est mea?" (where's mine?). My theory is that it's because so many Chicagoans emigrated from Eastern Europe, where selfless public service is not a tradition.
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>>My favorite of Rod's transgressions is probably the most well best known, trying to sell Barack Obama's Senate seat. When Obama was elected president it fell to the governor to name a successor for the remainder of the term. He did not waste much time in the pose of The Thinker, pondering who was the most qualified and would do the best job. It was an auction. Rod's quote for the ages, captured on wiretap, was "This is f*****g golden. I'm not going to just give it away."

Thank you for the catch ;-)